Emil George, Chairman of the Manatt enquiry

Debbie-Ann Wright, Assistant News Editor

The Manatt-Dudus commission of enquiry was interrupted for a few minutes this afternoon as police personnel moved to deal with a security threat.

The police were alerted to the threat after someone passed out three brown manila envelopes toattorneys Hugh Small, KD Knight and Patrick Atkinson during the proceedings.

Knight said he proceeded to open the envelope when he noticed it had a plastic lining.

He said after tearing through that lining he noticed another envelope which contained a powdery substance.

Prime Minister Bruce Golding’s attorney, Hugh Small, said he was concerned that the security of participants in the enquiry was being compromised.

It was then that the Commission Chairman decided to take an adjournment to allow the police to ensure that security at the conference centre where the proceedings are being held was not compromised.

During an interview after normalcy had been restored to the proceedings, Knight said he was very satisfied with how the matter was dealt with by the police.

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